Photo: Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0Columbus draws about half of Truro Township’s working residents
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.4 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 4.6 in Columbus. The two grades for Truro Township are B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Only 4% stay in Truro Township for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (45%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Truro Township apart on work
The better-paid jobs are outside Truro Township
57% of Truro Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Truro Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Truro Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Truro Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #644 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Truro Township’s grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Truro Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Services make up most of the work in Truro Township
8,124 jobs are based in Truro Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Truro Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,097 → 8,124. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Truro Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Truro Township by day
On a workday 13,600 residents head out to work, 552 work right here, and 7,572 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26,000 people are in Truro Township on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Truro Township work
Where Truro Township clocks in
45% of workers
5% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long Truro Township spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Truro Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,642 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Truro Township commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Truro Township, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Truro Township is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns, #84 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 14,864 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 58% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 3% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.1% of Truro Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Truro Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 22,000 to 43,000, Truro Township ranks 976th of 1,368 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 7 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 974 | Lewiston ID | 34,717 | $72K | 12.5% | 2.5% | 56% | B− |
| 975 | El Mirage AZ | 35,820 | $78K | 12.5% | 5.8% | 1% | B− |
| 976 | Truro Township OH | 31,701 | $66K | 13.7% | 5.3% | 4% | B− |
| 977 | Belton TX | 25,964 | $59K | 16.7% | 2.6% | 16% | B− |
| 978 | Seymour IN | 22,450 | $64K | 15.5% | 2.3% | 38% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,368 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Truro Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 53% of Truro Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Truro Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truro Township | – | B− | A− | 24 min | $65,999 |
| Reynoldsburg | 5% | B | B+ | 25 min | $72,972 |
| Columbus | 45% | B− | A | 22 min | $66,082 |
| Blacklick Estates | under 2% | C+ | B | 21 min | $69,368 |
| Brice | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Madison Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 23 min | $89,239 |
| Etna Township | 3% | B+ | C | 29 min | $102,813 |
| Violet Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 27 min | $122,471 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | A+ | C | 23 min | $131,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Brice: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Columbus. Darker towns draw more of Truro Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Truro Township: questions
What is the median household income in Truro Township?
$65,999 (±$6,043) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Truro Township?
13.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Truro Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Truro Township work?
4% work in town.
Is Truro Township walkable?
Truro Township is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Truro Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 3% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Truro Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Truro Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.